Must-Know Facts About Evil-Colon Attacks

In a new article for HelpNet Security, Leon Juranic, security research team lead at Mend, states the case for taking proactive defensive steps against a new attack called Evil-Colon.

Evil-Colon works similarly to the now defunct Poison-NULL-Byte attacks, and it has the potential to cause severe disruption to your code if not properly addressed. What does all this mean? In a nutshell, it’s possible to exploit applications that are performing path-based operations with user input in various ways. Eventually, this could lead to much more serious attacks.

Discover how Evil-Colon attacks work, what their implications are and how you can defend your code from them.

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Adam Murray

Adam Murray is a content writer at Mend. He began his career in corporate communications and PR, in London and New York, before moving to Tel Aviv. He’s spent the last ten years working with tech companies like Amdocs, Gilat Satellite Systems, Allot Communications, and Sisense. He holds a Ph.D. in English Literature. When he’s not spending time with his wife and son, he’s preoccupied with his beloved football team, Tottenham Hotspur.